How our health care system makes ER doctors addiction enablers
With the emergency room so often just the purgatory between drinks for alcoholics, few emergency departments are actually equipped to offer these addicts the help they need beyond their acute intoxication. … Because while emergency medicine is by … Read more on Chicago Tribune

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Mother appeals to teenagers to stop binge drinking
A MOTHER whose daughter died in a tragic accident has appealed to teenagers to think twice before binge drinking and has launched a sponsored walk for the charity that supported her family in their hour of need. Michelle Ildam, 39, of Worcester Place, … Read more on The Northern Echo

I thought I'd seen it all as a psychiatrist. But there was one visit I misjudged
We're learning the importance of improving screening and finding ways to help older people with mental disorders, often enabling them to control or even stop drinking. When you're a healthcare professional you tend to spend your time running towards … Read more on The Guardian